Tokyo: When Kohei Uchimura won a place on the Japanese Olympic team in the 11th hour in June, it seemed that sports fans across the country sighed collectively relieved.
For men who rule the highest in all-around two Olympic cycles, winning every World and Olympic degree from 2009 to 2016 in terms of testing skills in six apparatus, widely regarded as one of the largest gymnasts of all time.
Four years after “King Kohei” became the first person in 44 years to get the Olympic gold back back to the back, the 32-year-old had barely squeaked to the Tokyo team with a tie-break on one equipment he would compete, the bar horizontal.
“It was very difficult for me, for Fog Tough, to appear after a new generation,” Uchimura who speak softly said at a press conference after the competition, referred to teammates about a decade of junior.
“I might not be part of the all-around team competition efforts, but I hope there are still things that I can donate because of my experience.” Born in a competitive gymnast family – his mother competed in the Masters category recently in 2020, age 56 – Uchimura began practicing on three on the trampoline obtained by his parents from the United States.
Coming last in his first competition ignites ferocious appetite for hard work and a strict training regime that includes visualization techniques as images in the notebook.
“When I was little, I would be nervous and sometimes empty,” Uchimura told Asahi Shimbun every day.
“But when I was in high school, I thought I could fly if I tried hard enough.” After moving to Tokyo as a teenager to practice, Uchimura first made the 2007 national team and was chosen for the 2008 Beijing Olympics at 19, helping the team for all silver and producing all silver, the first of seven.
Olympic medal.
During his reign above, he was dubbed “supermura” and also described as a “extra-terrestrial” label – the label he lifted his shoulders.
Instead he said everything was boiled until the clock and the clock he spent on the gym to perfect his routine – even though he avoided load training because he could block the “moving beauty” he was headed.
Before the 2016 Rio Olympics, Uchimura said that on the emphasis of Reuters Japan on perfection was what had won their medals and the level of difficulty of their routine must be balanced with it, especially in the face of a strong Chinese team technically.
“We will raise our difficulty level a little, but I think it’s the best if we emphasize perfection …
we need to aim for beauty and perfection,” Uchimura said, who had six worlds and two gold.
It worked – Tim and Uchimura took the All-Around Gold.
Hang out with injuries in the years after Rio to the point that he was desperate to make him to another Olympics, Uchimura finally made a decision to focus on the horizontal bar to reach the Olympic place in his home match.
At the end of 2019, after Uchimura did not even succeed in to the final of the All-Japan championship, his high school gymnastics coach came to him in a dream, said Daily Yomiuri Shimbun.
The coach, who had died in 51 a year earlier from cancer, told him “individual gold medal is worth more than a team.” Uchimura then turned the focus to the horizontal bar – after that his shoulder pain subsided.
Even so, he then said the part of him still wanted to compete with other apparatus.
After leaving his place in the team, Uchimura admitted a mixed feelings.
“My appearance wasn’t I really could accept, and when I finished I thought I won’t go to the Olympics.
When told I will, more than happy I thought ‘Is this really okay’?” she says.
“I don’t feel it after the show today I deserve to be called ‘king.’ I really need to practice before the Olympics.
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